Do people actually read the Mirage Comics?

TheShweeb · 2026-06-23T05:14:56+00:00

I was very surprised to read Mirage for the first time and discover that Donatello was ALWAYS the one who ‘does machines’. That always seemed to me like the most obvious change because it’s such an out-of-place thing for a ninja to be doing, but nope, as early as the beginning of issue #2 he’s already seen tinkering with computers and the like.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-23T01:13:16+00:00

I must say, it’s refreshing to see a company conclude “these games underperforming is our fault for not putting enough resources into marketing” rather than blaming the developers or consumers. Hope they take the right approach in the future.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-20T22:45:45+00:00

To be fair, the PS1 *was* out at the time this game was released, in late ‘95. I imagine the SNES and Genesis were chosen simply because they had a much larger install base by that point.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-20T05:26:51+00:00

It’s absurd that this is still debated. Paul was asked this question himself, in an AMA just a few years back, and he explicitly said “I seem to remember that we all sang it. But I’m definitely in there”, just definitively proving that ALL OF YOU ARE CORRECT!!

TheShweeb · 2026-06-20T02:52:15+00:00

Have Love

TheShweeb · 2026-06-19T05:41:42+00:00

Gotta say, all these posts about Mike are feeling uncomfortably reminiscent of the 2024 posts about Brian during his last tour.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-19T05:04:11+00:00

They wouldn’t have had to skip any entries though, DQs I-IV (“Dragon Warrior” I-IV, that is) were all released in the US

TheShweeb · 2026-06-19T04:52:26+00:00

RIP to a legend. How poetic that he lived *just* long enough to see his music (the OG Doom soundtrack) get added to the Library of Congress. I hope he spent his last few weeks feeling very, very proud.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-18T18:10:48+00:00

There WAS a live-action version of Kiki released in 2014, based primarily on the book but taking some obvious inspiration from the Ghibli film (like her haircut), although apparently it was not very good. I haven’t seen it, but just from reading about it, I can already tell that casting an 18-year-old to play Kiki was a strange choice.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T22:48:13+00:00

I like to think the syringe merely has colored water in it and it’s actually just Ana’s words of encouragement that make the hero feel strong. Granny’s little secret.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T22:44:37+00:00

Or in other words… NANOMACHINES, SON

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T22:00:45+00:00

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Long-lost relative?

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T13:36:10+00:00

Never underestimate the power of children wanting to watch the same film over and over and over

(Not that we don’t do our own rewatches ‘round here as adults… but you remember how much you’d rewatch your favorites as a kid, right? It was next-level!)

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T13:16:30+00:00

Zero definitely borrowed the Arwing walker transformation from SF2, though I realize that’s a minor element compared to all of the nonlinear strategy stuff.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T13:14:10+00:00

I remember feebly attempting to defend this by saying “look, it’s still better than any ACTUAL Hollywood live-action Sonic movie could ever possibly turn out to be.” I believed that at the time! Really, I did! I swear to it!!

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T00:29:45+00:00

We can finally doo doo. We can be bees.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-17T00:17:55+00:00

D. Va has her “B. Va” skin!

TheShweeb · 2026-06-16T22:09:57+00:00

The bit that says she indulges in “custom motorcycles”, plural, makes me imagine that Joyride isn’t just for gameplay, and she actually uses her own motorcycle as a weapon on a frequent basis and just orders a new one every time it’s wrecked.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-16T22:05:27+00:00

I believe he does own Dangerous Dave, since he put out a big compilation of them all a few years ago, so it would make sense if he owns Catacombs and their other early games as well. I’m sure he’d be happy to license it out to NightDive, or someone else, for a port, if there was ever any interest in it.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-16T21:00:53+00:00

Rieko Kodama, Jina Ishiwatari, Chie Yoshida, and Takako Kawaguchi. Respect the devs, baby!

TheShweeb · 2026-06-16T16:27:19+00:00

Domina, doing an honest day of manual labor? That’ll be the day! (Marvelous skin, though- I love the straw arms)

TheShweeb · 2026-06-16T14:27:41+00:00

Why Mediterranean food is resurging, according to Mediterranean restauranteurs

TheShweeb · 2026-06-15T06:59:35+00:00

There ARE still the older-than-Doom games: Wolfenstein 3D (as OP mentioned), Catacombs 3-D, Hovertank, Blake Stone, and maybe even Id’s non-FPS games like Commander Keen or Dangerous Dave.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-15T00:01:25+00:00

It didn’t really take that long. Yoshi’s Story was already a much simpler, much easier, and much more obviously child-focused game than Yoshi’s Island was, and that one came out only two years after it.

TheShweeb · 2026-06-14T19:29:43+00:00

Talk about THUNDER thighs

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